Nicholas Flanders has an impressive educational and professional background that has led him to co-found Opus 12 Inc. He studied Arabic Language at Levantine Language School and earned a BA in Mathematics, Economics, and International Affairs from Cornell University. He also obtained a Diplome du Programme International from Institut d'Etudes politiques de Paris and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business, along with an MS E-IPER (Engineering) degree.

Prior to starting his own company, Flanders served as COO and CFO at Levo League, a former Sustainability & Resource Productivity Fellow and a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company, as well as a former Intern in the Corporate Division at Council on Foreign Relations.

Flanders advises aspirants to find their passion, find their niche, and follow through. He has evidently followed through on his own advice and is now blazing a trail in his niche.